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The Census and Statistics Department accepts figures based on preliminary accounts or estimates which are correct to the best of the respondents' knowledge at the time of submission of the questionnaire, if audited accounts are not yet available.
About 11,000 establishments will be enumerated in the two surveys. The Survey of Industrial Production covers manufacturing; mining and quarrying; and electricity, gas and water.
The Survey of Building, Construction and Real Estate Sectors covers building and civil engineering construction; real estate development; architectural, surveying and project engineering; and real estate leasing, brokerage and maintenance management.
In general, information to be sought in the surveys include type of ownership; compensation of employees; consumption of materials and supplies; payments for sub- contract work; other operating expenses; gross output and business receipts; capital expenditure; and other related information on the business operation of the establishments.
The surveys are conducted under the Census and Statistics (Annual Survey of Industrial Production) (Amendment) Order 1995 and Census and Statistics (Annual Survey of Building, Construction and Real Estate Sectors) (Amendment) Order 1995 respectively, which were made under the Census and Statistics Ordinance and issued as Legal Notice Nos 76 and 77 in the Hong Kong Government Gazette on February 17 last year.
Survey questionnaires have been mailed to the sampled establishments which are required by law to complete and return to the Census and Statistics Department by July 31.
If required, officers of the department will visit individual establishments and assist them in completing the questionnaires. These officers will each carry a government identity card and a certificate for conducting the surveys while on duty, which are available for inspection.
Any enquiries regarding the Survey of Industrial Production may be directed to the Industrial Production Statistics Section of the Census and Statistics Department on 2882 4167.
Enquiries concerning the Survey of Building, Construction and Real Estate Sectors may be directed to the Building, Construction and Real Estate Statistics Section on 2882 4684.
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